Brian,
My comment wasn't meant to be insulting towards you or to anybody. I appologize if you took offense to it. I'm being honest about that. As a matter of fact I forgot that you put it together until after I re-read it, and the associated links.
But I was trying to make a point that I was agreeing with you in stating that posts CAN be damaging to business.
I know much about IdahoLWB and have spoken with lots of people on this board and to people in my own town about him too. (Especialy since he lives in my community)
I also understand the intent of the post about IdahoLWB, but it could almost be construed as a post to the general public with intent to damage, further the reputation of a small outfit. As there are those on and off this board who have had good experiences with dealing with IdahoLWB too.
I guess this brings up the question as to who's place is it to say anything about him except for the people who've had those experiences.
You might think this is a stretch, but it sounds relatively similiar to the situation we are all going through here about Calmini. Some people have good experiences and some bad and all of those people have the right to speak their mind and NOT be rediculed about it.
Fortunately, we all have the opportunity to believe as we wish, and we are to respect the opinions of others, even if we don't agree.
To me, to get nasty about other peoples opinions is where it crosses the line and I apologize to you and to anybody else whom I may have offended by my words.
I guess we should all really try to follow Erics advice on posting
"Ok, ready to post. Please remember a few guidelines when posting. Never, I mean always, be courteous and kind when posting. There are several Forums on the net that already have a pile of wise acres. Funny is good; rude is bad. "
And if you add that with the rest of my statement;
"Not saying I know what happened, but I too have my own opinion about Idaholwb, and if you want it, I too might give it to you in private. "
We can talk about this further via PM if you wish and get this off of the public board.
Brian,
I do respect you, I enjoyed wheeling with you and wish we could come to some sort of resolution about this.
Maybe about all we can do is agree to disagree about this, as earlier suggested and go on about our lives.
~Nate